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Carmen Herrera (1915–2022), abstract artist who became famous late in life

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Carmen Herrera was an abstract artist who made her first sale at the age of 89 and went on to great fame in the art world.Herrera was a native of Havana, Cuba, where she initially studied architecture.

She turned this talent into one for art after she moved to New York City in the 1930s. She studied painting there, beginning to form the style that would be celebrated many decades later.

Herrera’s art focused on bold colors and straight lines, with geometric shapes that harked back to her training as an architect.

She continued creating art all her life, but she struggled for recognition, finding herself shut out of large galleries and museums.

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